Lincoln University FACULTY PROFILE FALL 2005 Presented to the Lincoln University Board of Trustees November 2005 Dr. Ivory V. Nelson President Dr. Grant D. Venerable, II Vice President for Academic Affairs Table of Contents I. Executive Summary............................................................................................................... 1 II. Profile .................................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction............................................................................................................................ 4 A. Faculty Size................................................................................................................... 4 B. Gender........................................................................................................................... 6 C. Race and Ethnicity ........................................................................................................ 7 D. Academic Background (Degrees)................................................................................. 9 E. Academic Rank........................................................................................................... 11 F. Tenure Status .............................................................................................................. 13 G. Faculty Age................................................................................................................. 16 H. Student-Faculty Ratio ................................................................................................. 17 I. Part-time Faculty........................................................................................................... 18 III. 2005-06 Faculty Listing....................................................................................................... 19 A. Faculty by School ......................................................................................................... 20 1. School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics ............................................................. 20 2. School of Social Sciences & Behavioral Studies...................................................... 21 3. School of Humanities & Graduate Studies ............................................................... 23 B. Full-time Faculty – Years in Rank................................................................................ 24 C. Full-time Faculty by Rank and Employment Start Date............................................... 27 D. New Faculty by Department ......................................................................................... 30 E. Full-time Faculty........................................................................................................... 31 1. Biology...................................................................................................................... 31 2. Chemistry.................................................................................................................. 32 3. Economics & Business Administration .................................................................... 32 4. Education .................................................................................................................. 33 5. English & Mass Communications ............................................................................ 34 6. Foreign Languages & Literatures ............................................................................. 36 7. Health, Physical Education & Recreation................................................................. 36 8. History & Political Science....................................................................................... 37 9. Library....................................................................................................................... 38 10. Master of Human Services....................................................................................... 39 11. Mathematics & Computer Science .......................................................................... 39 12. Philosophy & Religion............................................................................................. 41 13. Physics ..................................................................................................................... 42 14. Psychology............................................................................................................... 42 15. Sociology & Anthropology...................................................................................... 43 16. Visual & Performing Arts........................................................................................ 44 F. Visiting Faculty............................................................................................................. 46 G. Administrators Holding Faculty Rank.......................................................................... 47 H. Part-time Faculty Fall 2005 .......................................................................................... 49 Lincoln University Faculty Profile – Fall 2005 As the driving force for the educational processes and intellectual traditions of the Institution since 1854, the Faculty is the core constituency that makes possible the work of the University through a variety of modes of instruction, academic advising, research, and service. It is the unwavering purpose of the Faculty to challenge students to achieve their optimum level of performance. The Lincoln University Faculty Profile for the Fall 2005 semester provides an overview of that corps of instruction, which comprises the Faculty roster, as well as descriptive captions for individual instructors. This document is prepared annually and submitted to the Board of Trustees. The data presented here describe the gender, racial and ethnic background, academic credentials, academic rank, tenure status, and age of the faculty, as well as the student- faculty ratio. Although their responsibilities and credentials are distinct from the rest of the faculty, librarians at Lincoln University hold faculty rank, as is the custom in many public institutions of higher education. For this reason, librarians are excluded from some of the analyses here. I. Executive Summary Faculty Size – Fall 2005: 103 full-time faculty and 3 deans. (Fall of 2004: 95 full-time faculty) Gender – Fall 2005: 65% male and 35% female.(Fall of 2004: 67% male and 33% female.) Race and Ethnicity – Fall 2005: 48.5% African Descendant, 34% Caucasian, 1.9% Hispanic and 15.5% Asians/Middle Eastern. (Fall of 2004: 51.6% African Descendant, 31.6% Caucasian, 16.8% Asians/Middle Eastern.) Academic Background (Degrees) – Fall 2005: 75% of the faculty (excluding librarians) hold doctorate degrees or the highest degrees offered in their areas of specialization; 25% hold master’s degrees. (Fall of 2004: 77% doctorate degrees, 23% master’s degrees.) Academic Rank – Fall 2005, 56.3% in the senior ranks, associate professor and professor. (Fall of 2004: 57.9% in the senior ranks.) Tenure Status – Fall 2005: 55% tenured. (Fall of 2004: 60% tenured.) Faculty Age – Fall 2005: 63% 40-59 age group. (Fall 2004: 67% 40-59 age group) Student-Faculty Ratio – Fall of 2005: 16:1 and Fall of 2004: 18:1 student-faculty ratio (SFR). (Librarians, faculty holding administrative positions, and faculty teaching at the graduate level only are not included in this calculation.) Part-time Faculty – Fall 2005: 90 part-time faculty members. (73 in Fall 2004.) 1 2 II. Profile 3 Introduction The data provided in this profile is a cross-sectional glimpse of the Lincoln University faculty across a variety of demographic parameters. In providing a five-year window, the reader is afforded opportunity to discern any changes that may have occurred over time. The focus is on the full-time faculty with only fleeting reference to the part-time faculty. A. Faculty Size Full-time faculty members are instructors who hold the faculty rank of Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor, whether visiting or permanent, and who are ordinarily responsible for teaching at least 12 credit hours per semester, unless released for some other purpose (academic or administrative assignment.)1 Included in the count of full-time faculty are faculty with full-time administrative positions, for example, librarians, faculty teaching full-time in the Master of Human Services Program (MHS) and faculty on leave or sabbatical. Ninety-six (96) full-time faculty members are appointed to teach at the undergraduate level and seven (7) at the graduate level. The seven (7) librarians and three (3) full-time administrators are included in the count of faculty at the undergraduate level. (See Table 1.) While librarians teach students, they do not offer instruction that carries academic credit. Table 1 Full-time Faculty Teaching By Graduate and Undergraduate Status Category 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Change % Change Undergraduate 102 89 90 88 96 8 9.1% Graduate666770 0.0% TOTAL 108 95 96 95 103 8 8.4% Includes Librarians and Administrators Source: Office of Institutional Research According to the data contained in Table 1, we note a downward trend in the number of full-time faculty members from 2001 –2004 and an increase of 8.4% from Fall 2004 to Fall 2005. Out of 103 full-time faculty members in 2005-2006, 81 teach at the undergraduate level only,